• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.50 no.10
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• pp.217-228
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• 2013

In this paper, the brain function in relation with human's visual attention was investigated by means of coherence and bicoherence methods. Throughout experimentation with attentional visual stimulus ERP (Event Related Potential) data and synthesized simulated data with different combinations of parameters, it is demonstrated that bicoherence and coherence can be useful to reveal the phase synchronies between different frequency bands at fixed scalp location, and between different scalp locations at fixed frequency band, respectively. Both methods are also affected by time interval from the onset, and the level of white noise added. The phase coupled relationships among ${\Theta}$, ${\delta}$, and ${\alpha}$ bands, and between frontal and central lobes were observed for attentional tasks, while those were little observable for inattentional tasks, which can show brain's functional spatio-spectral differences associated with human's attention.

• Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.139-157
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• 2007

We compared brain activation areas during participants drawn from contrasting two college majors performed intentionality detection (known as the basic mechanism of theory of mind) task using fMRI. The main purpose of this study was to identify whether individual differences are present in intentionality detection or not. In psychology major, the left inferior frontal gyrus, the fusiform gyrus, the superior temporal gyrus and the right fusiform gyrus, the supramarginal gyrus were activated. In engineering major, the inferior parietal lobule and the superior parietal lobule were found. This result suggests that according to participants' major, different brain areas were activated. The relations between performance of the intentionality detection task and the individual variants of participants were discussed.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.18-23
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• 2010

In this paper, we propose a computationally efficient method detecting the P300 wave for brain-machine interface. Electrophysiological researches have shown that the P300 wave's potential is decreased when human intention matches visual stimulation. Motivated by this fact, we can infer human intention for brain-machine interface by detecting the P300 wave's potential decrease. The P300 wave is recorded from EEG(electroencephalogram) electrodes attached on human brain skull after giving alphabetical stimulation. To detect the potential decrease in P300, firstly we statistically model the P300 wave's negative potential. Then we infer human intention based on maximum likelihood estimation. The proposed method was evaluated on the data recorded from three healthy human subjects. The method achieved an averaging accuracy of 98% from subject k, 90% from subject j and 79.8% from subject h.

• The Journal of Korea Institute of Information, Electronics, and Communication Technology
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.38-46
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• 2024

In general, EEG signal analysis has been the subject of several studies due to its ability to provide an objective mode of recording brain stimulation, which is widely used in brain-computer interface research with applications in medical diagnosis and rehabilitation engineering. In this study, we developed EEG reception hardware to measure electroencephalograms and implemented a processing system, classifying it into server and data processing. It was conducted as an intermediate-stage research on the implementation of a brain-computer interface using electroencephalograms, and was implemented in the form of predicting the user's arm movements according to measured electroencephalogram data. Electroencephalogram measurements were performed using input from four electrodes through an analog-to-digital converter. After sending this to the server through a communication process, we designed and implemented a system flow in which the server classifies the electroencephalogram input using a convolutional neural network model and displays the results on the user terminal.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.35 no.6 s.397
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• pp.6-9
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• 2002

박테리아, 높은 온도에서도 생존/스스로 수리하는 플라스틱/1억2천만년 전 꽃식물 화석 발견/쌀 유전자 지도 완성/생쥐 뇌에 전극 이식으로 원격조정/운동 효과를 주는 신약 개발/쿼크로 구성된(?) 새로운 별 두개 발견/허블 우주망원경에 새 카메라 설치/우주의 나이는 1백30억년/지구 온난화는 자연적인 현상/버키볼 콩깍지가 트랜지스터 역할/사촌간 결혼으로 생긴 아이 비정상일 확률 낮다/생체공학으로 색소성 망막염 치료

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2008.11a
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• pp.1152-1153
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• 2008

효율적인 학습 방법들을 도입한 교육용 시스템에 대한 연구가 활성화되어 있는 가운데, 사람의 뇌의 장기기억 메커니즘을 이용하여 교육용 시스템과 다양한 방향에서 적용하고 그 유효성을 밝히는 연구들이 많이 진행되고 있다. 학생들에게 학습에 용이한 교육 시스템을 적용함에 있어 시간과 장소에 상관없이 접근이 용이하도록 인터넷과 연계된 시스템의 유용성은 이미 입증된 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 웹기반 교육 시스템에서 장기기억이 용이하도록 학습 내용의 구성과 에빙하우스 망각 곡선에 기반한 효율적인 반복학습 시스템을 설계한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.22 no.7 s.172
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• pp.200-207
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• 2005

This study compares two different methods of measuring brain-BOLD activation. By comparing two different methods of measurement i.e., one method calculating the neural activation area (the number of activated voxels), while the other measured the neural activation intensity (the mean intensity of selected activated yokels), this study identified the more precise method of measuring brain activation which results from the completion of a visuospatial task. 16 right-handed male college students (mean age 23.2 years) participated in this study as subjects. Functional brain images were scanned on them using a 3T MRI single-shot EPI method. No correlation was found between the levels of cognitive performance and number of activated yokels in the activated brain areas. However, a significant correlation was found between the levels of cognitive performance and the mean intensity of selected activated yokels in the parietal, frontal, and other areas. In conclusion, the method of mean intensity was considered a better index of brain activity rather than the activated yokels measurement method.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.1035-1040
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• 2012

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has been found to be effective treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). This study aims to evaluate the effect of DBS for rigidity during DBS surgery. Six Parkinsonian patients who received STN-DBS surgery participated in this study. The examiner imposed flexion and extension of a patient's wrist randomly. Resistance to passive movement was quantified by viscoelastic properties (two damping constants for each of flexion and extension phase and one spring constant throughout both phases). All Viscoelastic constants decreased by DBS (p<0.01). Specifically, reduction in damping constant during flexion ($B_f$) was greater than those of damping constant during extension ($B_e$) and of spring constant (p<0.05). $B_f$ would be appropriate for evaluation of effect of DBS for rigidity during DBS surgery.

• Journal of Radiation Industry
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.139-144
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• 2017

To evaluation of clinical usefulness for B1+RMS limits, we compared image quality of Routine, Specific absorption rate (SAR) and Root mean square (RMS) protocol. 5 volunteers underwent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan of the brain using three different protocols. We draw Region of interest ROI in cortex, white matter, gray matter, putamen and thalamus of axial plan. Signal to noise ratio (SNR) were evaluated in each area and Contrast to noise ration (CNR) were evaluated between white matter and gray matter. Qualitative evaluation was used to score each ROI. B1+RMS is confirmed its usefulness compared to conventional SAR standard on the aspect of improvement of image quality, reduction of scan time and easy adjusting parameter.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 1999.10e
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• pp.462-469
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• 1999

본 연구에서는 시각적으로 제시되는 단어 자극의 의미 관련성의 차이에 따라 좌우반구의 처리가 어떻게 이루어지는지 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해서 명칭성 실어증 환자와 정상인 대학생 피험자를 대상으로 점화 어휘판단 과제를 수행하였다. 이 연구의 기본 논리는 명칭성 실어증 환자의 왼쪽 뇌가 손상되어 있기 때문에 어떤 정보처리가 왼쪽 뇌에서 일어나는 것이라면 정상인과 명칭성 실어증환자간의 수행에서 어떤 차이가 나타날 것을 기대되는 반면, 만일에 우뇌에서 처리되는 것이라면 정상인의 과제 수행 형태와 명칭성 실어증 환자의 것이 일치하는 형태를 보일 것이라는 것이다. 실험 1에서는 수직적 범주관련성이 어느 반구에서 정보처리 되는지를 조사하였다. 그 결과 정상인은 좌반구에서 유의미한 점화효과가 있고 우반구에서는 점화효과가 없었던 반면에, 명칭성 실어증 환자는 정상인과 정반대의 점화 효과를 보이고 있다. 이러한 결과는 좌반구가 일차적으로 수직적 범주 관련성 정보처리와 관련이 있음을 시사해 준다. 또한 수평적 범주 관련성에 따른 실험 은 정상인과 환자 두 집단 모두 수평적 범주관련성이 우반구에서 처리되는 유사한 패턴을 보여주었다. 실험2에서는 연합적 범주관련성에 따른 두 집단간의 점화 효과를 비교하였다. 정상인 집단과 환자 모두 좌우반구에 점화효과를 보여주고 있지만, 정상인 집단의 경우에는 우반구에서, 환자는 좌반구에서 점화량이 더 컸다. 연합관련 정보처리는 좌우반구 모두에서 일어난다고 하는 기존의 견해와 관련하여 볼 때 연합관련 정보처리는 좌우반구에서 일어난다고 해석할 수 있을 것이다. 명칭 실어증 환자의 정보처리는 정상인과 다르게 이루어지므로 이러한 좌우반구에서의 차이가 난 것으로 볼 수 있다. 이상의 실험1과 2의 결과를 종합해 보면, 시각적으로 제시되는 단어의 범주적 관련성이 주는 어휘정보 처리는 반구에 따라 처리하는 기능이 다르다고 결론 내릴 수 있다. 즉, 좌반구는 수직적 범주 관련성을 담당하고 우반구는 수평적 관련성을 담당하며, 연합적 관련성은 좌우반구 모두에서 정보처리 된다는 것이다.